12 AN ACT
concerning state employees; authorizing the establishment and
13 implementation of
pilot programs related to the civil service.
14
15 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
16 Section
1. (a) The director of personnel services may develop
plans
17 for pilot projects within the state
employee workforce. A pilot project
18 is a temporary project conducted for
the purpose of determining
19 whether a specified change in human
resource management policies or
20 procedures or a new human resources program
would result in improved
21 statewide human resource management and
whether that change is
22 fiscally responsible. A request to
develop a plan may be submitted
23 to the director of personnel services by
any state agency. Such
24 plans shall be limited in scope by the
provisions of the Kansas civil
25 service act and any statute directly
related to the administration
26 of the Kansas civil service act. The
plan shall describe the primary
27 elements of the proposed pilot project
which shall include:
28 (1) The purpose
and duration of the project with the duration not
29 to exceed three years;
30 (2) the potential
impact of the project;
31
(3) performance outcomes expected;
32 (3)(4) the criteria and methodology by which the
effectiveness of the
33 project will be evaluated;
34 (4)(5) the anticipated fiscal impact of the project;
35 (5)(6) a description of the state agency or agencies and
the group or
36 groups of state employees to be included in
the project; andwith no
37 more than 5% of the state employees
covered by the Kansas civil
38 service act to be included in pilot
projects with the same purpose
39 and subject matter;
40 (7) a
description of the means by which state employees will
41 be involved in the development[,
implementation]and evaluation
42 of the pilot project; and
43 (6)(8) a specific delineation of any provisions of
personnel rules and

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1 regulations or laws relating
to state agencies and state employeesprovi-
2 sions of the Kansas civil service
act and any statute directly related
3 to the administration of the
Kansas civil service act that are to be
4 suspended with respect to
participants in the project.
5 (b) No
pilot project regarding performance based pay shall be
6 authorized.
7
(b)(c) The director of personnel
services shall submit the plan for a
8 pilot project to the secretary of
administration for review. The secretary
9 may approve the pilot project, modify
and approve the pilot project, or
10 reject the pilot project. Each plan
that is approved or modified and ap-
11 proved by the secretary shall be submitted
to the governor.
12 (c)(d) The governor may authorize implementation of the
pilot pro-
13 ject plan by issuing an executive
directive. The executive directive may
14 place additional limitations or conditions
on implementation of the pilot
15 project as the governor deems advisable.
The executive directive shall
16 stipulate any provisions of personnel rules
and regulations or laws relating
17 to state agencies and state
employeesprovisions of the Kansas civil
18 service act and any statute directly
related to the administration
19 of the Kansas civil service act that
are suspended for participants in
20 the pilot project. Such a suspension of
provisions of rules and regulations
21 or laws shall be effective only for pilot
project participants and only for
22 the duration of the pilot
project.
23 (d)(e) (1) No pilot project shall suspend the
provisions of any of the
24 following laws:
25 (A) K.S.A.
75-2925, subsection (g) of 75-2926, 75-2941 or subsection
26 (a) of 75-2949, and amendments thereto, or
any other statute or rule and
27 regulation that prohibits discrimination in
personnel administration ac-
28 tions; or (B) K.S.A. 75-2949, and
amendments thereto, or any other stat-
29 ute or rule and regulation relating to the
appeal of a suspension, demotion
30 or dismissal to the civil service
board.
31 (2) Nothing in
this section shall affect any rights of employees in-
32 cluded within pilot projects, except those
rights explicitly identified in the
33 pilot project.
34 (3) Suspension
of any rule and regulation or law pursuant to
35 this statute shall not be in conflict
with any applicable federal stat-
36 utes or regulation.
37 (e)(f) A copy of each executive directive authorizing
implementation
38 of a pilot project shall be submitted to
the president of the Kansas senate
39 and the speaker of the Kansas house of
representatives.
40 [(g) At the beginning of each
regular session of the legislature,
41 the director of personnel services shall
submit a written report to
42 each member of the legislature and to
the governor describing
43 each pilot project initiated or
conducted under authority of this

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1 section during the preceding
twelve-month period. The report
2 shall include descriptions of the
primary elements of each pilot
3 project and the progress and
results of such pilot project as of the
4 date of the report.]
5 Sec. 2. This act
shall take effect and be in force from and after its
6 publication in the statute book.